Hi, I’ve just pulled some old rotten plywood from my front porch. There’s flaking painted brick underneath with about a hundred holes from the screws used to attach the plywood. I was thinking of pressure washing, filling in the holes with cement then spraying a thin coat of stucco to hide most of the imperfections. I have a drywall texture sprayer, not sure if that’ll work with a thin mix of stucco, anyhow, any suggestions/advice will be appreciated. Mike
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Thanks,
I know this forum has changed a bit, not for the better either, but I'm interested as to why you don't think I would get a reply on this site?
Mike
You have a hopper sprayer? definitely won't work.
Pressure type drywall texture sprayer? I'm guessing that the grit in stucco would tear up the inner parts.
Chances of getting any cement product to adhere to old, flaking paint? Not good.
Stucco color coat [the visible layer] is a portland cement product that is meant to be applied thinly - no more than 3/32" or so - over a "brown coat" of a sort of mortar mix. It's traditionally trowelled on and worked with a sponge float to bring out the grit, but recently contractors have been spraying the color coat on.
Even if sprayed stucco would stick on your bricks, I think the appearance of stucco over bricks would likely look strange.
Thanks,
I think what I'm
Thanks,
I think what I'm after is something to cover the holes and cracks in the brickwork.
I'd say use type N mortar
I'd say use type N mortar mix. It's the normal mix found in bags. It's medium strength mortar, but if the bricks are falling apart you want to use a lime mortar since it's softer and compressible.